[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province is expanding the attachment of Internet of Things (IoT) measuring devices to air pollution prevention facilities at small-scale air pollutant emission businesses (categories 4-5).
Gyeonggi Province announced on the 6th that it signed a written agreement from the 31st of last month to the 3rd of this month with the Seoul Metropolitan Air Quality Management Office, Seoul City, Incheon City, and the Korea Environment Corporation on the "Utilization of Internet of Things for Efficient Management of Small-scale Air Pollutant Emission Businesses."
According to the agreement, these organizations will strengthen mutual cooperation in various areas such as ▲establishing a business system for air pollution policy and technical consulting for workplaces ▲collaborating to activate the use of the IoT-based air pollutant emission facility management system ▲sharing information on air pollutant emission businesses and linking air pollutant emission facility management systems.
The IoT-based air pollutant emission facility management system (GreenLink) is a system that installs measuring instruments and communication equipment on prevention facilities, connects them to the internet, and allows checking the proper operation status of the prevention facilities.
The target for attaching IoT measuring devices is 1,732 businesses where prevention facilities were installed through support for small-scale air pollution prevention facilities in 2019.
Businesses that received subsidies must attach IoT measuring devices to their prevention facilities and transmit data to the IoT management system.
Until now, large-scale businesses (categories 1-3) with annual air pollution emissions of 10 tons or more have managed pollutant emission concentrations in real time by attaching automatic stack monitoring systems (TMS), but small-scale businesses (categories 4-5) have had to rely on on-site inspections.
When small-scale businesses join the IoT management system, operation information of prevention facilities secured by IoT measuring devices is transmitted to "GreenLink," enabling real-time monitoring. This allows systematic and efficient management such as checking the status of prevention facilities, understanding the replacement cycle of consumables, and preparing operation logs.
Park Sung-nam, Director of the Provincial Environment Bureau, emphasized, "Voluntary efforts to reduce air pollutant emissions from small-scale businesses are most important to reduce fine dust," adding, "We will continue to expand support for strengthening environmental management capabilities, including facility improvements for small-scale businesses."
Meanwhile, there are 19,408 air pollutant emission businesses (categories 1-5) in the province, of which 18,610, or 96%, are small-scale businesses (categories 4-5).
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